Thursday, July 2, 2015

First up: Shows I’m waiting for more episodes of. These are shows that are currently on the air and I’ve seen everything they’ve done to this point and am waiting for more. A * means I’m watching on hulu or netflix and therefore there are episodes I haven’t seen because they aren’t available to me yet. I did not count shows that are getting reboots, like 24 or the X-Files, as being currently on the air.

Louie

4 seasons*

A+

The Fall

2 series

A+

Orange is the New Black

3 seasons

A+

Broad City

2 seasons

A+

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

1 season

A+

House of Cards

3 seasons

A

Bloodline

1 Season

A

Daredevil

1 season

A

Arrow

2 seasons

A-

Sense8

1 season

A-

Wayward Pines

5 episodes

B

How to Get Away with Murder

1 Season

B-

Next is shows that are still being produced as of this last season, and I still intend to watch them or am currently watching them but have not caught up yet. * indicates that I don’t currently have access to the show. ^ means I am watching right now.

Episodes*

3 episodes

A+

The Comeback

3 episodes

A+

The Wire*

1 season

A+

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

1 season

A

Orphan Black*

1 season

A

Workaholics*

2 seasons

A

True Detective^

3 episodes

A

Archer

4 seasons

A

Community

5 seasons

A

The Big Bang Theory

1 season

A-

American Crime

3 episodes

A-

The Flash

4 episodes

A-

Black-ish

6 episodes

A-

Then there are shows that are still airing, but I’ve given up on them. Ratings are obviously based on my own limited viewership. Also including when/why I severed ties.

The Simpsons

6 seasons

Felt I outgrew it.

A

South Park

1 season, 3 episodes

Jerking us around with who is Cartman's dad.

A

Game of Thrones

4 seasons, 2 episodes

The purple wedding, clear there's no endgame

A

Marvel’s Avengers Assemble

6 episodes

I'm not a child

A

Grace and Frankie

5 episodes

Realized I'm not the demographic

A

Hannibal

4 episodes

Hated the Hannibal character.

A-

Bates Motel

1.5 seasons

Too much pot farming, not enough murder.

B+

Brooklyn 99

8 episodes

I just forgot about it

B+

The Walking Dead

2.5 seasons

Killed the two actresses I started watching for.

B+

Girls

1 episode

Is this how girls are when I'm not around?

B

Under the Dome

5 episodes

Too different from the book.

B

BoJack Horseman

3 episodes

Tiring and cynical

B

Gotham

Most of 1 season

Just too easy to see what they should be doing

C

Scandal

1 episode

Nobody talks like this.

C

American Horror Story

1 season

All subsequent season premieres are a mess

C-

Once Upon a Time

2 seasons

Loose ends being dropped all over.

C+

The Blacklist

3 episodes

Terrible lead actress and unbelievable plot.

D

The Last Man on Earth

1 episode

Aggravating and nihilistic.

D

There are also sketch shows where I’ve seen large chucks of the show, but I don’t watch in order.

Saturday Night Live

A+

Portlandia

A+

Key & Peele

A+

Inside Amy Schumer

A+

Now for shows that are finished. First, the ones I’ve seen all of:

Arrested Development

4 seasons

A+

Lost

6 seasons

A+

The X-Files

9 seasons

A+

Coupling

6 series

A+

Firefly

1 season

A+

Breaking Bad

5 seasons

A+

Seinfeld

9 seasons

A+

Band of Brothers

1 season

A+

30 Rock

7 seasons

A+

Don’t Trust the B--- in Apartment 23

2 seasons

A+

The Muppet Show

4 seasons

A+

Looking

2 seasons

A

24

9 seasons

A

Pushing Daisies

2 seasons

A

Monty Python’s Flying Circus

4 series

A

House

8 seasons

A

Battlestar Galactica

4 seasons

A

Sherlock

3 series

A

The Office (British)

1 series

A

X-Men

5 seasons

A

Extras

2 series

A

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

2 seasons

A

Batman: The Animated Series

3 seasons

A-

Strange Luck

1 season

B+

Lois and Clark

4 seasons

B

The 4400

4 seasons

B

Heroes

4 seasons

C

Then shows I still intend to finish:

The Wire

1 season

A+

Absolutely Fabulous

1 series

A+

Friday Night Lights

3 seasons

A+

Happy Endings

5 episodes

A+

Twin Peaks

Until the murderer is revealed

A

And then there are the defunct shows that I gave up on. Grades based on the impression I’m left with after I quit.

Misfits

3 series

Replaced the cast

A+

Brothers and Sisters

2 seasons

Weirdness with sibling love

A

Damages

3 seasons

Got repetitive

A

ER

5 seasons

Lost touch with it

A

Boston Legal

2 seasons

Mark Valley left

A-

Friends

7 seasons

Lost touch with it

B+

Smallville

2 seasons

Tired of Monster of the Week

B-

Prison Break

3 seasons

Retconned Sara's death

C

Glee

3 seasons

Became preachy instead of satirical

C

The Office (American)

5 seasons

Tired of it even before Michael left

C

How I Met Your Mother

1 season

Realized I don't enjoy this show

D

Parks and Recreation

2 seasons

Do not like the characters

D

Fringe

3 episodes

Actively hated this show

F

Finally, shows I watched so religiously as a kid that I’m sure I watched full seasons of them. Any kids’ shows mentioned above I have watched as an adult.